The issues are expected to come up Tuesday at Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing, which will be an earlytest of Trump’s ability to ensure loyaltyamong a slim Republican majority. Ina letter to Hegsethlast week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is on the Senate ...
Putin had sent a low-level delegation to those talks with the aim of dragging them out, according to many analysts, so he can continue making battlefield advances. Putin gave a less upbeat report on his call with Trump, saying the root c...
Speaking a day after Donald Trump had a call with Vladimir Putin - with no breakthrough and no sign of a ceasefire - Ukraine's president said the war must end through negotiations, but there must be clear and realistic proposals. "It is...
The effort has become a test of Trump’s clout and of how far loyalty for the president-elect goes with Republican senators who have concerns about his nominees. Two of Trump's other choices have stepped aside as they faced intense scrutiny: former c...
As Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth would oversee more than 2 million troops who could face discipline for the same behavior he has acknowledged or been accused of.
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Overall, Waxman said of Trump’s personnel picks so far: “I think he’s placing a premium on loyalty over governance. And that’s dangerous for the country. That’s dangerous for American leadership in the world.” Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who has ...
troops. “Clear as day, I remember walking out of that briefing and pulling my platoon together and being like, ‘Guys, we’re not doing that,’” Hegseth said. “‘If you see an enemy, engage before he’s able to point his weapon at you and shoot.’” Asked whether that h...
“We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again — right to the top — and export American energy all over the world,” Trump said. “We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to...
Trump said he had been “surprised” President Joe Biden issued sweeping preemptive pardons for his family earlier Monday, saying the move “makes him look very guilty.” “It’s unbelievable precedent it creates for a president,” Trump said, adding that “now every presi...